Poetry
Dear Body of Water
Press Release A poetic water-harvesting project invites anyone from anywhere to address the bodies of water that have shaped their lives. Share your voice at https://dearbodyofwater.poetsforscience.org/ KENT, OHIO – February 1, 2024 DEAR BODY OF WATER invites everyon…
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Stan and Tom Wick Prize Winner: Farnaz Fatemi's Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship
¾«¶«Ó°ÒµAcademy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to 23 Poets Laureate Across the United States ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµAcademy of American Poets announced today that it is awarding $50,000 each to its 2023 Poet Laureate Fellows for a combined total of $1.1 million. These twenty-three individuals serve as poets laur…
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MEET THE ADVISOR AND STUDENTS BEHIND BRAINCHILD
BrainChild was born and raised in the Honors College at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University. As a literary magazine, BrainChild offers undergraduate honors students in the Mid-East Honors Association (MEHA) an opportunity to share their art with others around the region. ¾«¶«Ó°Òµdifferent features include pieces such…
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Wick Poetry Center Announces Collaboration with the Poetry Coalition to Address Environmental Justice in a Series of Programs
KENT, OH- ​ ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµWick Poetry Center is proud to announce its collaboration with the Poetry Coalition, in the month of March 2021, to promote the theme of environmental justice in poetry. ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµPoetry Coalition’s annual March programming aims to explore social issues through poetry, including over 25 poe…
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Sonia Sanchez Talks Poetry with Wick Students
¾«¶«Ó°ÒµWick Poetry Center welcomed poet, playwright and activist Sonia Sanchez to the May Prentice House for a meet and greet with students on Sept. 18. She met with them in the afternoon before giving a lecture in the Kiva in the evening. ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Honors College, the Cleveland Foundation an…
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Celebrating Tommy Freeman's Life
¾«¶«Ó°ÒµWick Poetry Center kicked off its 2019-20 event series year on September 13 with a celebration of Tommy Freeman’s life. ¾«¶«Ó°Òµevent was held in Room 120 of the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design with a reception afterward that expanded into the Wick Poetry Center’s Poetry Park. ¾«¶«Ó°Òµe…
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Invitation to Poetry Reading and Ribbon Cutting in the Akron Art Museum
Join us this Thursday, April 13, at 6:00 pm at the Akron Art Museum for the first public poetry reading by the participants of our Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders project. ¾«¶«Ó°Òµproject, made possible by a major grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, has allowed teaching arti…
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An interview with Ya Too: Because We Come From Everything
¾«¶«Ó°ÒµWick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national Poetry Coalition (PoCo) united to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds. During the month of March, the Poetry Coali…
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An interview with Linda Zhao: Because We Come From Everything
¾«¶«Ó°ÒµWick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national Poetry Coalition (PoCo) united to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds. During the month of March, the Poetry Coali…
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Because We Come From Everything: An interview with Day Soe Wah
¾«¶«Ó°ÒµWick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national Poetry Coalition (PoCo) united to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds. During the month of March, the Poetry Coali…
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